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Friday, May 20, 2011

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-- Three RMU nursing students -- juniors Abigail Hebb and Alissa Newton, and master's student Donna McDermott -- were accepted for a presentation at the International Nursing Association of Clinical Simulation in Nursing Conference in Orlando, June 2011. Their abstract was chosen via blind-review from among 350 applicants, 95 percent of whom were faculty members. Also giving presentations at the conference are Janice Sarasnick and Chuck Simon, staff members at RMU's Regional RISE Center. The students' presentation is titled "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo! Student Workers will Transform You!" and Sarasnick and Simon will give a presentation titled "The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: Tricks for the Technology Glitches."

-- Lisa Nutt, associate director of the Center for Global Engagement, has been chosen as one of 11 inagural trainees of the Connecting Our World Grassroots Leadership Program, an organizing initiative designed to give international educators nationwide the tools to advocate for the importance of global learning and engagement in their own communities.

*WELLNESS TIP* Know the symptoms of a stroke: sudden numbness or weakness in your face, arm, or leg, especially on one side; sudden confusion or trouble speaking or understanding speech; sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes; sudden trouble walking, dizziness, or loss of balance or coordination; or sudden severe headache with no known cause. Call for help if you experience any of these symptoms.